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Brahms' German Requiem
Part of the Three Choirs Festival 2018
Add to my Calendar 04-08-2018 19:45 04-08-2018 21:45 36 Brahms' German Requiem Brahms was moved to write his German Requiem by the death of his mother. He uses a Lutheran text rather than the usual Latin one to focus on comforting the grieving and considered it a ‘human Requiem’. It is preceded in this festival finale by Parry’s richly radiant expression of admiration composed after Brahms’ own death, and Vaughan Williams’ romantically optimistic vision of the future. Hereford Cathedral, Hereford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2NG
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Toward the Unknown region
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Elegy for Brahms
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45
Performers
Elizabeth Watts – soprano
Matthew Brook – baritone
Geraint Bowen – Conductor
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
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Programme Note
Brahms was moved to write his German Requiem by the death of his mother. He uses a Lutheran text rather than the usual Latin one to focus on comforting the grieving and considered it a ‘human Requiem’. It is preceded in this festival finale by Parry’s richly radiant expression of admiration composed after Brahms’ own death, and Vaughan Williams’ romantically optimistic vision of the future.
